Hip, thigh & groin injuries

General Advice

Hip, thigh and groin injuries are common in sports such as football, running, rowing and cycling.

• groin strain - involves one or more of the three adductor muscles - adductor longus, magnus and brevis. Remedies for groin injuries include stretching, strengthening and muscle imbalance exercises.
• hip problems - can be arthritic changes affecting the articular surface of the joint
• thigh injuries - most commonly involve sprains of the quadriceps or hamstring muscles.
• groin pain - common during the later stages of pregnancy due to changes in the pelvic ligaments

Groin, hip and thigh pain can be referred from a problem in the back.

To help you self manage your injury, we encourage you to first read our articles as every injury is unique.

To greatly improve your chance in succeeding the self management of your injury, our expert team of Chartered Physiotherapists can help. You can choose a physio, with the specialist skills to treat your injury with a personalised programme.

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Articles

• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): an Effective Form of Pain Relief

  by Jane Hodgson 20 September 2009

  Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation often abbreviated to TENS or TNS is the use of a small  electric current passed through the skin to promote pain relief

• Computer work can be such a pain.

  by Jane Hodgson 2 October 2008

  Working in a poor position at the computer can cause pain in the neck, lower back, hip, upper back, wrist and arms. Our ergonomic information will help you to check how well your workstation is set up

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Useful links

Editors Choice 

• baby centre Article written by a Chartered Physiotherapist about symphasis pubis dysfunction (pelvic pain) during pregnancy